Safety razor



Oct. 22, 1935. c. e. HAYHURST SAFETY RAZOR Filed April 16, 1935 3mm. 6,GHz g fiurs Z Patented Oct. 22, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAFETYRAZOR Colbert G. Hayhurst, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. Application April 16,1935, Serial No. 16,664

Y Claims.

This invention relates to the class of razors and pertains particularlyto an improved form of safety razor of simplified construction.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a safety razoradapted to use the usual single edgetype of blade. which is of a designpermitting its formation or stamping from a single body of materialwhereby it will be in its completed form of unitary construction, thatis, devoid of separable or removable parts.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved safety razorstructure wherein the separation of two guard members between which ablade is mounted, is eifected simply by the compressing of the handle ofthe razor to effect the flexing of one of two portions thereof, releaseof the flexed portion permitting the guards to move back to bladegripping position under the inherent resilient action of the said flexedportion.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding,however, that the invention is not confined to any strictconformity withthe showing of the drawing but may be changed or modified so long assuch changes or modifications mark no material departure from thesalient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is. a view in topplan of a razor constructed in accordance withthe present invention.

Figure 2 is a view taken partly in side elevation and partly in centrallongitudinal section through the razor.

Figure 3 is a view in elevation of the head end of the razor.

Figure 4 is a view in plan of a metallic blank stamped out for theformation of the razor.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the razor constitutingthe present invention is indicated as a whole by the numeral l andcomprises, as more clearly shown in Figure 2, the two handle portions 2and 3 which lie one over the other. These two handle portions areintegrally joined at one end of the razor handle, as indicated at 4,while at the other end each has a guard plate integral therewith, theplate of the handle portion 2 being indicated by the numeral 5, whilethe other plate, which is carried by the handle portion 3, is indicatedby the numeral 6. These plates may be referred to respectively as shieldand guard plates, the shield plate covering the major portion of theouter face of a safety razor blade inserted between the plates,

as indicated at I, while the guard plate completely covers the innerface of this blade and extends below the lower or cutting edge of thesame, as 5 shown.

The razor is formed or stamped from a single body of metal having therequired characteristics, the blank, before being bent to form the razoras illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, appearing as shown in Figure 4, whereit is ifldicated generally by the numeral 8.

As illustrated, the portion 2 of the handle is bent transverselyintermediate its ends, as indicated by the numeral 9, whereas the underporlion 3 of the razor handle is straight and the plates 5 and 6 arebent back toward their respective handle portions until they lie inplanes oblique thereto so, that the acute angle formed between the plate6 and its handle portion 3 positions in the acute angle formed betweenthe plate 5 and its handle portion 2, when the razor is assembled andthe plates 5 and 6 lie in parallel planes. With the plates in theseplanes, it will be seen that the upper handle portion 2 is spaced awayfrom 5 the portion 3 at the central partof the handle and it will beapparent that since the material is of a resilient character, a pressureexerted against the under side of the handle portion 3 will flex thelatter or will create a common flexing of the two handle portionstending to move them together at the central parts and, therefore,tending to separate the plates 5 and 6. This will permit the insertionof the razor blade, which is indicated by the numeral 1. The freetransverse edge portion of' the inner or guard plate Sprojects asubstantial distance beyond the free transverse edge of the shield plate5 and a portion of the plate 6 adjacent the free edge is bent inwardlyout of the planes of the two plates, as indicated 40 at Ill, andimmediately above this bent orangle portion IU of the guard plate thelatter is provided with the slot ll, before which the cutting edge ofthe blade 1 lies. It will thusbe readily apparent that in the use of therazor, the opening ll permits lather and cut hair to pass over thecutting edge of the blade so that this matter will not clog up therazor.

In practice it is preferred that theblade I be provided with a centralslot extending, prefo erably, transversely thereof, as indicated at l2,and that the guard plate 6 be provided with the forwardly pressed cuspl3 WhlChiiS adapted to engage in the aperture of the blade so as toassist in retaining the blade in position and also serve to center theblade with respect to the guard plates. The forward -or shield plate mayhave an aperture l4 formed therethrough in line with the cusp l3 whichwill permit the user of the razor to see at once when the cusp isengaged in the slot or aperture in the razor blade.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that a razor constructedin accordance with the present invention will be economical both toproduce and to retail and will give satisfactory service as the bladewill be firmly held in the at its bent portion away from the other partwhereby to urge said plates together.

'2. A razor comprising a handle portion and a blade holding portionformed integrally there-.

with and the whole being shaped from a single piece of material, thesaid handle portion constituting two elongated. parts lying one over theother and connected together at one end of the handle, the blade holdingportion constituting 7 two plates each carried at a free end of a handlepart and' forming an acute angle-therewith, the two plates lying inrelatively. close parallel planes, and'the two handle parts beingnormally resiliently urged apart whereby to effect the movement of theplates together into blade holding position.

3, A razor comprising a handle and a razor blade holding portion, thehandle portion being in two elongated parts joined together at one end,said head portion comprising two plates each forming an integral part ofa handle at the free end of the latter and forming an acute angletherewith, one 1am handle parts being straight throughout and the otherhandle partbeing bent 5 v end, said head portion comprising two plateseach forming an integral part of a handle at the free end of the latterand forming an acute angle therewith, one of said handle parts beingstraight throughout and the other handle part being bent transverselyintermediate its ends and spacedzo away from the straight part, theangle formed between the straight partof the handle and the platethereof lying within the angle formed between the other handle part andplate, the said plates being normally in parallel planes, the said plateofv the straight handle part having the edge lying transversely of thehandle extended beyond the transverse edge of the 1 other plate andprovided with a slot extendin transversely of the handle. I 1 5. Arazor, comprising a'handle portionand a blade holding portion in whichthe handle portion constitutes two elongated members arranged in side byside relation and permanently joined at one end and the blade holdingportion I constitutes two plates each carried by a handle member, one ofsaid handle members being bent transversely and normally resilientlytending to move at its bent portion away from the other member wherebyto urge said blades together. '40

COLBERT G. HAYHURST.

